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• Amnesty International - Kuwait
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Kuwait
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Kuwait
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Kuwait
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Kuwait
• ReliefWeb - Kuwait
• UNHCR - Kuwait
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Kuwait
• United States Department of State - Kuwait
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Kuwait